On Sunday 28th June 1908, a despicable act of vandalism sent local police into an absolute frenzy of determination to catch the culprit. The Blantyre Ambulance Association some years earlier had built a special lifeboat, complete with oars and life saving equipment and at the same time bought two expensive life vests of modern design. […]
How about this for a cracking photo! This is the former Bothwell – Blantyre railway viaduct spanning the River Clyde. Taken around 1900, this is a peaceful scene with no trains going over it at that moment. Below the railway is the viaduct walkway, entered through abutments at either side. The Craighead viaduct is no […]
This postcard was given to me by Blantyre Project reader Margaret Stewart in January 2020. (Its amazing that people can pass things over to me in my garden from the park!) It is of course Craighead Viaduct (not Greenhall). The photo dates from around 1904, though the colourised postcard is from 1909. Simply titled ‘Blantyre […]
This great photo is Pete and Anthony Smith at Craighead Viaduct. The date is 1958. Taken from the Blantyre side, it shows the former railway viaduct in good perspective and indeed the elevated pedestrian walkway below the track. Houses can be seen on the Bothwell side in the background. The viaduct spans the River Clyde […]
Hopefully this is a first for this picture online. Taken in 1950, it features the Clyde Braes just down from the end of John Street and looks across to Craighead Railway Viaduct in the background. How steep the braes were, more so in the 20th Century with Craighead bing. Of course the viaduct is no […]
An incredible and rare photo in brilliant quality of an old train going over the Craighead Viaduct. This 1903 photo was in a small booklet of old photos taken of Low Blantyre given to me some time ago. I’ve scanned it in good resolution to pick out some details. I can just imagine the […]
This photo is kindly shared her by Anthony Smith whose father took the photo on 15th June 1963. Anthony is one of the boys, pictured standing on the Craighead Viaduct. His family moved that year to Coatshill. Photographed from the Blantyre side of the River Clyde at Craighead Railway Viaduct, this was a dangerous time […]